We kindly ask users to cite the following paper when publishing results derived from the use of SATlotyper: J. Neigenfind, G. Gyetvai, R. Basekow, S. Diehl, U. Achenbach, C. Gebhardt, J. Selbig, B. Kersten, Haplotype inference from unphased SNP data in heterozygous polyploids based on SAT, BMC Genomics, 9:356, 2008.

SATlotyper License Agreement:

Please read carefully the following terms and conditions and any accompanying documentation before you use the SATlotyper software (the "Software").
Your use of the Software means that you accept these terms and conditions. By installing, downloading and using the Software, you acknowledge that you have read these terms and conditions, understand them, and agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must not install or use the Software.

Ownership:

The Software is owned by and copyrighted proprietary material of the Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology (MPI-MP) and may not be reproduced, modified or made available in any form to the public for downloading without MPI-MP prior written permissions.

License grant:

MPI-MP grants you a non-exclusive and non-transferable right:

• To install the Software on authorized processors, owned, leased or otherwise controlled by your organisation.
• To use and execute the Software for the sole purpose of serving the internal needs of your non-commercial scientific research.
• To make a reasonable number of copies of the Software for the purpose of personal or internal use. The additional copies will be controlled by this license and must contain all of the original proprietary notices.

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You expressly acknowledge and agree that use of the Software is at your sole risk. The Software is provided "AS IS" and without warranty of any kind. MPI-MP expressly disclaims all warranties and/or conditions, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties and/or conditions of merchantability or satisfactory quality and fitness for a particular purpose. MPI-MP does not warrant that the functions contained in the Software will meet your requirements, or that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that defects in the Software will be corrected. Furthermore, MPI-MP does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the Software or related documentation in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. No oral or written information or advice given by MPI-MP shall create a warranty or in any way increase the scope of this warranty. Should the Software prove defective by your use, you (and not MPI-MP) assume the cost of all necessary correction.

No use of the product is authorized hereunder except under this disclaimer.

Limitation of liability:

Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall MPI-MP be liable for any incidental, special, indirect or consequential damages arising out of or relating to this license, including, but not limited to, any lost profits, business interruption, loss of programs or other data on your information handling system, or all other commercial damages or losses, even if advised of the possibility thereof.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental, consequential or special damages, so the above exclusion may not apply in full.

Lack of maintenance services:

You understand and agree that MPI-MP is under no obligation to provide either maintenance services, update services, notices of latent defects, or corrections of defects for the Software. MPI-MP nevertheless reserves the right to update, modify, or discontinue this Software at any time.

System requirements:

MPI-MP takes no responsibility that the Software runs on any one platform.

The Software includes code from "The Apache Commons CLI library" in binary form. You are bound to below stated conditions:

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); You may obtain a copy of the License at:
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

The Software includes code from "SAT4J" in binary form. You are bound to below stated conditions:

Licensed under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0 and the GNU LGPL license. You may obtain a copy of the Licenses at:
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html